NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police registered a first information report (FIR) late on Wednesday evening against Rajendra Pachauri, the director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) after a woman research analyst lodged a complaint alleging harassment. The FIR alleges Pachauri committed offences under Sections 354, 354A, 354D, 506 of IPC, which deal with outraging the modesty of a woman, sexual harassment, stalking, and criminal...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has been alloted Rs 5372.88 crore for 2015-16 in the Union Budget, an increase of more than Rs 500 crore from last year, aimed at sprucing up traffic infrastructure, induction of latest technology and capacity building of the force. In a bid to strengthen women security in the national capital, fund allocation for the Delhi Police from the Nirbhaya Fund has also been increased by Rs 40 lakh. While a total of Rs three crore was allocated to Delhi...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), to join a police investigation into charges of alleged sexual harassment "as and when required" even as another bench of the court allowed reporting of the investigation into the allegations. The 75-year-old scientist had approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail after the police registered a first...

NEW DELHI: In a key welfare measure initiated by the new government, the Union Home Ministry has enhanced the important daily ration allowance by 26 per cent for the combat troops of all central paramilitary forces. Agreeing to a long pending demand of these forces, deployed for a variety of internal security duties in the country, the Home Ministry has revised the daily ration allowance of non-gazetted combatised rank (jawans and Inspectors)...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted Rajendra K Pachauri's resignation from the PM's Council on Climate Change even as the complainant in the sexual harassment case against him decided to challenge the anticipatory bail granted to him early this week. Govt sources told ET that Pachauri had submitted his resignation from the PM Panel on Friday evening, and a PIB release on Saturday afternoon confirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi had accepted...

NEW DELHI: The Uber cab driver , accused of raping a 25-year-old woman executive, today claimed before a court here that the Delhi Police were "hand-in-glove" with the prosecution to ensure his conviction and there were several loopholes in the probe conducted in the case. Continuing his final arguments before Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja , the counsel, appearing for 32-year-old accused Shiv Kumar Yadav ...

NEW DELHI: With Independence Day just a few days away, Delhi police and other security agencies have been alerted to the possibility of attempts by terrorists to sneak into the capital from the neighbouring areas of UP where they are believed to have set up bases. The alert follows detection by the intelligence agencies that terrorists had lately ventured onto a changed strategy under which they set up bases in areas close to Delhi to strike in the capital and go back, police sources said.

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today slammed the Delhi police for its "barbarism" after its supporters clashed with the cops in Burari last night. The party also accused the Delhi police of not taking action in an alleged kidnapping case, leading to protest from the locals, which was followed by clash between the two. Even as the party claimed that several of its supporters and locals were injured in the baton-charge, nine policemen too were injured in the...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police and the Ministry of External Affairs have locked horns over the issue of fixing responsibility in the case of illegal flight operation from the country to Kazakhstan as the cops have sought permission to prosecute an under secretary in the Ministry for alleged "negligence". The Delhi Police's Special Cell, which is investigating the case, has moved an application to the External Affairs Ministry seeking permission to prosecute an under secretary for passing order without verifying...

NEW DELHI: With incidents of Internet-related crime on the rise, Delhi Police is upgrading its Cyber Cell to tackle the "crimes of the future" The capital's police has decided to hold regular interactions with IT majors to upgrade its personnel's technical know-how in a bid to keep apace with the rapid technological advancement and the fast changing cyber crime scene. "The fast changing technical environment throws up new challenges. Technical innovation leads to new...

Arvind Kejriwal's argument Arvind Kejriwal says he is the elected representative, so police should report to him and not to the Centre. Says citizens with law and order grievances come to him and not the Union Home Minister or Lieutenant Governor. Centre has to worry about entire country's internal security and is hard-pressed on concentrating on Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party says both BJP and Congress have also said that Delhi Police should be under...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has granted former United Nations climate panel chief RK Pachauri , protection from arrest till March 27 in a case of alleged sexual harassment and stalking. The court also restrained Pachauri from entering the premises of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) - a think-tank of which he was the Director General till a few days ago - till March 27. Pachauri (74) who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 on behalf of the Inter governmental Panel...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today arrested two more persons in connection with the corporate espionage case. "Jitender Nagpal, PS to Joint Secretary in Forest and Environment ministry and Vipan Kumar, PA to a UPSC member were arrested," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Ravindra Yadav said. "Vipan was earlier posted at Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and he was getting secret documents with the help of his contacts...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today allowed Delhi Police five days custodial interrogation of two persons, arrested for allegedly procuring sensitive documents of ministries of Coal, Environment and Transport and others, in the corporate espionage case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Satish Kumar Arora remanded Jitender Nagpal, PS to Joint Secretary in Forest and Environment Ministry and Vipan Kumar, PA to a UPSC member to police custody after the crime branch of Delhi Police...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today launched 'Himmat' Whatsapp and Hike groups for women safety that will assist the force to effectively communicate with women in need of help. The facility will be available on mobile number 8800001091. Women travelling by public transport can now send photographs and other details of the vehicle to the police before boarding it. "Women in Delhi can now send us photos/details of the taxi/auto they are boarding and...

NEW DELHI: No senior government officer is under the scanner in the corporate espionage case , Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi made it clear on Tuesday. "There is no evidence so far against any senior (government) officer," Bassi said on a day when the police arrested yet another junior official, taking the total arrests to 14. Meanwhile, Delhi Police have started summoning senior corporate executives for...

NEW DELHI: Top executives of RIL, ADAG, Essar, Cairn India and Jubilant Energy will be summoned soon for questioning in the corporate espionage scam after the five mid-level officials of these corporates in custody are said to have confessed to have been working on the directions of their superiors, as per police sources close to the probe. Delhi Police told this much to a court on Saturday, while producing the five arrested executives. "They used to know about...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today unveiled its new logo, inscribed with its new motto -- 'Shanti, Seva, Nyaya'. Unveiling the logo at its annual press conference here today, Commissioner BS Bassi said there could not be better words to describe the service by Delhi Police. "We have started the New Year with a new motto. It will be the guiding principle for the department," Bassi said. The new logo replaces the 'Satyameva Jayate' which used to appear twice on the insignia, at...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today expressed unhappiness over police officers' unwillingness to go to the Department of Women and Child Development on deputation to deal with safety and security at juvenile homes, saying if IPS officers are willing to go to NGOs, why not the government. "IPS officers are comfortable to go to NGOs. Why can't they come to the government?" a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and R K Gauba asked Delhi government and...

NEW DELHI: A casual worker in the Defence Ministry has been arrested for allegedly providing forged identity card to a key accused in Petroleum Ministry leaks case but Delhi Police says it has not come across loss of documents from Defence Ministry. With the arrest of Defence Ministry staffer Virendra Kumar (33), thirteen people have been so far arrested in the corporate espionage case related to Petroleum Ministry. One...